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   qualm

   /kwɑːm/

   noun

   • 1. an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving: "military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press" Similar misgivingdoubtreservationsecond thoughtworryconcernanxietyhesitationhesitancehesitancydemurreluctancedisinclinationapprehensiontrepidationdisquietdisquietudeuneaseuneasinessscruplepang of consciencetwinge of conscience/remorsecompunctionremorseOpposite confidence
   • ▪ a momentary faint or sick feeling.

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘momentary sick feeling’): perhaps related to Old English cw(e)alm ‘pain’, of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. qualmish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • M

     3

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